Student Financial Services Manager of Grants

Essential Functions, Primary Responsibilities and Objectives

• Prepares financial aid packages based on specific program eligibility and total award amounts.
• Reviews and verifies initial and ongoing student eligibility to receive various program funds.
• Identifies awards available through various sources.
• Combines funds to create a total financial aid award.
• Prepares documentation to release or hold warrants.
• Keeps current with all changes to financial aid regulations, policies, and procedures in relation to federal and state entities.
• Manages the Federal Work-study program.
• Ensures the college is compliant with all federal and state regulations, and institutional objectives and policies in the appropriate order for awarding state and institutional grant and scholarship aid.
• Affixes reporting requirements related to state and institutional grants and scholarships, and other external scholarship and grant programs excluding federal aid.
• Develops and maintains the College’s scholarship website pages and the Portal in accordance with college policies and procedures.
• Directs the LC Scholarship Committee, as well as coordinates the opening/closing of the Scholarship Portal as well as collects, organizes and maintains student applications for the review and nomination process of all institutional scholarships.
• Assists with the coordination of scholarship-related events in conjunction with Advancement or other offices as it relates department specific grants or scholarships.
• Oversees the development, procedures, and maintenance of the College’s Business Partnership Scholarship programs.
• Manages the state grant file upload process and the maintenance of student records for state funded programs.
• Manages the Title IV verification process, including the transfer of student verification files to and from the College’s third-party servicer, and sending out communications to students.
• Prioritizes work for self and support staff to meet deadlines for the reporting and reconciliation of state and institutional grants and scholarships.
• Necessitates possessing and demonstrating project and time management skills.

Key Competencies

• Exhibit a high degree of professionalism with demonstrated capability to follow through and manage issues and projects.
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with SFS staff, other College departments, external community personnel and customers, including students and families.
• Demonstrated proficiency of computer skills, including but not limited to, Microsoft Office.
• Excellent organizational skills with extreme attention to detail.
• Possesses excellent customer service, oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to understand and adapt to changing federal, state and institutional rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to find solutions within guidelines of rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Ability to work independently outside of normal business hours (including evenings and/or weekends) to meet deadlines, work on special projects and to support scheduled College events.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Master’s Degree preferred

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years Financial Aid in a position of providing and supporting quality customer service to students, families and employees in a higher education environment.
• Experience with PA State Grant and Special Programs.
• Functional work in a financial aid or student accounts environment is preferred.
• Experience with computerized financial aid, student account, and billing/payment management systems required (PowerFaids and Jenzabar preferred).

Application Information

Applications will only be accepted via online method by clicking the link below. Deadline for applications, July 17, 2026. No phone calls, please.

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